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IAEA chief says South Korea sub program poses no proliferation concerns
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said Monday in Vienna that South Korea's planned nuclear-powered submarine program should not raise proliferation concerns, given a solid safeguards arrangement with the agency.
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Seoul on April 15 to discuss Seoul's nuclear-powered submarine program—stemming from last year's summits with the United States—and North Korea's nuclear activities. Cho reaffirmed commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) obligations, earning Grossi's praise for South Korea's 'full and unambiguous' nonproliferation efforts.
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